Judiciary

Court Jails Widow For Brutalising Child; First Lady Hails Judgement

By Web News 777

A magistrate court sitting in Akure ,Ondo  State has sentenced a woman ,Opeyemi Omoyemi to three and half years imprisonment for brutalising a twelve year old boy ,Joel Sunday,who is her house help .

Omoyemi, a widow was also jailed for one year for being found guilty of Violence Against Persons Prohibition.


The jail terms are to run concurrently.
Our Correspondent who monitored the proceeding reports that the convict was arrested by men of the State Police Command after she used blade to inflict deep cuts on the body of the victim at Adebowale area of Akure .

The thirty six year old widow had accused the boy of stealing some pieces of meat from her pot of soup.

36year Old Opeyemi Omoyemi

The presiding Magistrate ,Mrs olufunmilayo Edwin, said the defendant was guilty of count one ,four and five.
Meanwhile ,counsel to the convict ,Foluso Kayode had said the judgement would be appealed .


Members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists were also in court in solidarity with the twelve year old Joel Sunday.


In the meantime,the chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers,FIDA, in Ondo State ,Mrs Catherine Ogunjebi has descibed the verdict as a good development towards curtailing gender based violence in the state .


Mrs Ogunjebi while reacting to the judgement said children of Mrs opeyemi omoyemi ,the convict were already being taken care of by the ministry of women affairs 


Also speaking ,The chairperson ,Nigeria Association of women Journalists, Ondo state Council ,Mrs Doris Olumoko, was of the view that quick dispensation of justice would serve as deterrent to others who delighted in brutalising children.

NAWOJ Chairperson,Ondo State Council, Mrs Doris Olumoko.

Similarly ,the Wife of Ondo state Governor,Mrs Betty  Anyawu-Akeredolu hailedthe Magistrate court for granting justice in the case of the twelve year old Joel Sunday who was brutalised by his guardian.


Reacting to the judgement in Akure, Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu said the verdict would send strong signal to curtail the abuse of children in the state. 


Olufisoye Adenitan.

Judiciary

Ondo Court Remands G.O Over Member’s Death

By Web News 764

A 49- year-old General Overseer of a Pentecostal Church,  Prophetess Serah Abuloye, has been remanded by an Ondo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure over circumstances that led to the alleged murder of a church member.

The defendant, Serah Abuloye, is the founder of All Saints Development Church of Christ, Igbara-Oke in Ifedore local government area of the state.

The Police Prosecutor, Obalasa Ajiboye, informed the court that the defendant killed and dumped one Adefunke Aselogbon, aged 37, in a bush behind her church on January 6, 2022.

He said she committed the offence at about 4.00am along Isarun Road, Igbara-oke in the Ondo State Magisterial District.
The charge sheet read in part,”That you, Serah Abuloye, did conspire to commit felony, to wit: murder and thereby committed an offence, contrary to and punishable under Section 324 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
“That you, Serah Abuloye  and others at large on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did kill and dump one Adefunke Aselogbon, aged 37, in a bush at the back of your church and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

The plea of the defendant was not taken.

Obalasa, therefore made an oral application to remand the defendant in prison custody pending the outcome of advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
According to him, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary.

Counsel to the defendant, Mrs Ola Adedire, did not oppose the prosecutor’s application.

In his ruling, Magistrate Damilola Sekoni, ordered the remand of the defendant in police custody and adjourned the case till February 18, 2022 for ruling on remand application.

Bukola Bardi